Vented faucet for cans



No. 6l0,885. Patented Sept. 20, I898. s w. BANKER. VENTED FAUGET FOR CANS, 81.0.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 189's.

(No Model.)

PATENT VENTED FAUCET FOR CANS, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,885, dated September 2 0, 1898.

$erial No. 676,449. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BANKER, a citizen of the United States, and a-resident of Keene, in the county of Essex and State of New York,have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Vented Faucets for Cans, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vented faucets for cans and similar vessels. The form most extensively used to-day is one embodying a socket fastened to the can and a combined cap and spout-piece,which is provided with a valve and valve-stem for cutting off the flow of liquid, and in the cap a venting-hole is made, through which air may enter as the contents of the can are drawn off, and thus the formation of a vacuum be prevented. These devices are very effective for the purpose, but have one serious objectionthat is, at the commencement of the drawing-ofi operation and before the vacuum has formed to any considerable extent the liquid will escape through the vent-hole as well as through the spout, and if the liquid be at all limpid-as, for example, kerosene-oil it will spurt from the vent-hole to a considerable distance,frequently beyond the vessel set to catch it, and on the clothing of the operator, the floor, and surrounding articles, thus not only wasting the liquid, but injuring other property and increasing the liability of fire, doc.

By my improvement I correct the above defects in a simple, inexpensive, and effective manner.

In the drawings hereof, Figure 1 illustrates a portion of a can having my improved faucet upon it, a portion of the can being broken away. Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of a can and faucet, the valve-stem and thumb-nut being removed. Fig. 3 illustrates a part of a can and faucet in sectional view, taken through the center of the faucet. Fig. 4 illustrates an enlarged top View of the faucet, the thumbnut being removed. Fig. 5 illustrates a transverse sectional view through the central portion of the spout of the faucet.

A is the can, and B the socket of the faucet, which may set on the face of the can, as in Fig. 3, or be let into its upper surface, as in Fig.1.

0 is the valve-seat.

D is the cap, having the spout E, valve F, valve-stem G, and thumb-nut H, all as usual.

I is the vent-hole.

All of the foregoing parts may be of any preferred construction and arrangement and combined in any desired manner. I illustrate that shown merely because it is a common form and one in which my improvement may be well employed. It is, however, applicable to faucets of a great variety of constructions, and I do not limit myself at all in this respect.

J is what I call a shield for the vent-hole.

terial attached, in the example shown, to the cap D of the faucet, preferably, but not necessarily, at or near the outer edge of the venthole, extending inwardly toward the valvestem of the faucet and a little removed. from the vent-hole, so that the liquid which spurts from it will strike the shield and be turned back again toward the cap D, and in order that this result may more surely follow and the liquid be prevented from escaping laterally I prefer to make the shield concave, as shown, and in order that the liquid may more surely flow down over the face of the cap D and spout E, I usually form a gutter or channel for it, as shown at K, either by striking up ribs L on the face of the cap and of the spout, which constitute the sides of the guterly shaped to the cap and spout. By this means the relatively small amount of liquid which escapes from the vent will be confined and compelled to flow downwardly into the vessel set beneath the spout.

It will be understood that when the vacuum within the vessel is sufficiently formed the liquid will cease flowing from the vent and the air will then pass inwardly thereat between the slit or opening between the edges of the shield and the surface of the cap.

I wish it distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to any special form of faucet, or location of the vent, or to any special construction or location of the shield, since faucets for the purpose stated are made in a great variety of forms, and. my improvement is adapted to a great number of them with suit able modifications, which will readily occur to those who are skilled in this art. I i1lus- It is simply a piece of tin or equivalent mater, or by soldering a strip of tin or wire proptrate the form shown simply as one Way in which the improvement may be embodied.

valve-,a shield on the cap which coversthe I 5 vent and is so constructed as to intercept such liquid as escapes from the vent and direct it downwardly over the spout, and a gutter to direct the course of said liquid, for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 31st day of March, A. D. 1898.

GEO. V. BANKER.

WVit-nesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, D; SoLIs RITTERBAND. 

